As I mentioned in my last reading roundup, I’ve been catching up with John Stephens’ Books of Beginning in preparation for the release of The Black Reckoning. As I’ve been on nightshift, I’ve listened to these books in audiobook format, narrated by Jim Dale. I’m generally not a big fan of Dale’s narration – a personal opinion; I know many listeners value his work highly – but I did enjoy his narration for this series. For those of you unfamiliar with this series, it’s about three sibling orphans who find that they are fated to be the Keepers of the mystical Books of Beginning. This concluding book brings all the threads of the series together. I did enjoy that the series didn’t end immediately after they defeated the Big Bad; it’s always interesting to see heroes try to adapt to the normal world and family life. While no Harry Potter or even Percy Jackson, this is an enjoyable series and is work picking up. I gave The Black Reckoning four stars out of five. Every month in the leadup to the release of Cassandra Clare’s Lady Midnight, the first in a new Shadowhunter series, she along with co-writers is…
Good evening dear readers! I’m sorry I’ve not blogged for some while. I’ve been busy adjusting to my new graveyard schedule, and that’s going to go on for some while, so I may not be blogging regularly for some while. On the plus side, I did get through a few audiobooks – I will be publishing a reading roundup at some point soon in which I will discuss some of them. In any case, here are my most anticipated upcoming releases. Texts from Mittens: A Cat Who Has an Unlimited Data Plan written by Mitten with help from Angie Bailey. Strictly speaking, this isn’t an April release as it’s released on March 31 – deal with it. For those of you who haven’t met Mittens, he’s a tuxedo cat who maintains close communication with his caregiver via text. I follow Mittens on Facebook and he’s hilarious. He’s publishing a book of his collected texts and it promises to be a fun read. I preordered it on Kindle. William Shakespeare’s The Phantom of Menace. One of my top reads of 2014 was Ian Doescher’s adaptation of George Lucas’ Star Wars into Shakespearean language. Now it’s time for the prequels, the first of…